The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 1950
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
11:10 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 341
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.81° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.